I create new ways of being together while shedding light on how we’ve grown apart. My work blends theatre, film, and participatory art, inviting audiences into unexpected roles through interactive performance, virtual reality, or site-specific encounters. Over the years, I have invited people to slow dance with strangers in disused storefronts, confess secrets to scene partners thousands of kilometres away, and engage with passersby on busy city streets from Aarhus to Whitehorse. My projects have been presented internationally at festivals and exhibitions, including SXSW, IDFA, MIT, and the Aarhus Festival. In 2021, I was selected for the UK-Canada Immersive Exchange, a talent development and co-production program for future leaders in immersive storytelling.

Richie Wilcox is a multi-talented director/actor/writer who has spent the last fifteen years creating, devising and writing original works. They are the founding artistic director of HEIST where they have helped create and tour several acclaimed works including The Princess Show, Frequencies, Princess Rules, and New Waterford Boy. Wilcox has worked with numerous companies across the Maritimes including Neptune, Festival Antigonish, 2B Theatre, Kazan Co-Op, Opera Nova Scotia, the Highland Arts Theatre and more. Wilcox was Artistic Associate with Theatre Outre in Lethbridge, Alberta from 2012 - 2016 where they premiered acclaimed works including UNSEX’d and The Confessions of Jeffrey Dahmer. From 2019-2022 Wilcox served as the artistic director of Ship’s Company Theatre where they premiered award-winning original productions such as Good Grief and Dayboil. Wilcox is a Merritt-award winner in acting and playwriting as well as a past Mayor’s Award for Emerging Theatre Artist recipient. They were also a finalist for the 2021 Nova Scotia Masterwork award for their work on The Princess Show. Most recently, Wilcox directed the acclaimed production of Casey & Diana at Neptune Theatre.